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Cryptocurrencies are becoming mainstream so I’ve decided to spend the weekend learning about it. I’ve hacked together the code to download daily Bitcoin prices and apply a simple trading strategy to it. (more…)

This post originally appeared on the Yhat blog. Yhat is a Brooklyn based company whose goal is to make data science applicable for developers, data scientists, and businesses alike. Yhat provides a software platform for deploying and managing predictive a... (more…)

I’ve just updated another section of The Popularity of Data Science Software. It is reproduced below to save you the trouble of reading the entire article. If your organization is looking for… (more…)